God's Righteous Judgment

Psalms 75:1-10 

To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

1 We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

2 "When I choose the proper time,
I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved;
I set up its pillars firmly.

Selah

4 "I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,'
And to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn.
5 Do not lift up your horn on high;
Do not speak with a stiff neck.'"

6 For exaltation comes neither from the east
Nor from the west nor from the south.

7 But God is the Judge:
He puts down one,
And exalts another.

8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.

9 But I will declare forever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 "All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off,
But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted."

A song sung to the tune of one called “Do not destroy” says much before the first stanza.  It cries out for God’s mercy to deliver from destruction, temporal and eternal.  By telling of His wonderful works, the psalmist and we can together give our Lord thanks, letting all know that He is close at hand and not a God far off (Acts 17:27), just as His word is not far away either (Deuteronomy 30:11, 14); His name is near to us.  In the proper time of God’s timetable, Je will judge the world in righteousness and dissolve the earth (2 Peter 3:11-12) to make all things new.  Dwell on that for a while, selah.  The boastful and wicked, the proud and disobedient, will be put down.  God alone exalts men or humbles them in life or in the justice of judgment.  As Judge, He rightly does these things.   His hand holds judgment in a cup which none wishes to drink from, but which many unfortunately shall (Revelation 14:10, 16:19).  Those dregs the wicked who are judged will consume in the end.  But as for we the people, the servants of the monarchy of King of kings and not of a democracy on this earth, we will sing praise to God alone and to no man, especially not ourselves.  God will end tyranny and magnify His chosen people in His righteousness alone, that of Jesus Christ the Messiah anointed and chosen to do so.  He will not destroy us (John 10:10).  The enemy will be (Matthew 25:41), and those who claim him as their father will join him.  Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift of life and grace in the face of His righteous judgment!